Marie Curie's Impact On The World

Born to Helen and Ivan Daly on April 16th, 1921, Marie was a bright and beautiful child. She grew up in Queens, New York. Her father, an immigrant from the West Indies, was avidly interested in science, and he would’ve continued to study chemistry if a lack of money hadn’t got in the way, forcing him to drop out. Her mother, on the other hand, was from Washington D.C., and she loved to read.

Marie Daly is a famous biochemist who had to overcome dual hurdles of racial and gender bias to peruse her lifelong love of chemistry. Marie had to undergo judgment from her being a woman and trying to become a scientist, which was a male dominated occupation and also had to endure racism because she was an African American. Marie made many scientific discoveries that we are lucky to have today.

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Marie Daly Clark, born Marie Maynard Daly, is most commonly known for being the first black woman to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry in the U.S. Marie was born April 16, 1921 in Queens, New York. Marie came from a family that strongly believed in the strength of education. As a child she loved to read and learn about science. Her father Ivan C. Daly was a postal worker and her mother, Helen, was a homeworker. Marie couldn’t have any children because she had her tubes removed before she was 16.

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When Hitler came to power all other Jewish scientists were forced to resign, in response she “buried herself into her work” Eventually her situation got out of control and she escaped Nazi Germany

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Ordinarily, Marie Curie had a brilliant and inquisitive mind at school. Misfortune struck her at the early age of 10, Curie lost her mother to tuberculosis. A top scholar in her secondary school, Curie couldn’t attend the men-only University of Warsaw. She alternately endured her education in Warsaw’s “floating university”, a set of underground, informal classes held

     Marie Curie was born, Maria Sklodowska on November 7, 1867. She grew up in Warsaw, Poland. She would become famous for her research on radioactivity. Marie Curie was the first woman to ever win a Nobel prize, and the first ever to win two Nobel prizes. She is most famous for the discovery of Radium and Polonium. Her work not only influenced the development of fundamental science, but also began a new era in medical research and treatment.

Marie curie made history in 1903 when she became the first woman to get a Nobel Prize in physics. With their prize winning the Curie’s got an international reputation for their scientific efforts. With the prize money they continued their research and went even further. The next year in 1904, they had their second daughter Eve. In 1906 Marie suffered a tremendous loss; when Pierre accidentally

environment marked by a sense of duty and a lack of money, she led the

Marie Curie became the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize when the Curies shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with Becquerel in 1903 for their work with radioactivity. In the 1900s, women still had a relegated role in science. Marie Curie wasn’t allowed to speak with her husband on stage at the award ceremony and had to sit in the audience. Her mere presence was an affront to men. Some members of the Nobel Prize committee even considered not including her in the prize at all, despite the fact that she was largely responsible for the discovery.